7 September 20235 September 2023 Circular tents reduce camping’s carbon footprint Not many practices make us as sensitive to our environmental footprint as camping does. A few days without unlimited water and electric charging can show us how little we need and how much we ordinarily waste
13 January 20236 January 2023 New ‘Spray-On Wrapper’ Offers Plastic-Free Food Packaging Alternative The spray on wrapper’s main ingredient is pullulan, an edible fiber that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “generally recognize[s] as safe” (GRAS)
6 May 20222 May 2022 Researchers Develop Strong, Recyclable, And Degradable Sugar-Based Plastics As an alternative to petroleum plastics, biodegradable plastics made from renewable plant sources like corn or sugarcane starch are already on the market and becoming popular
15 February 202214 February 2022 Answering Burning Question on Biochar Biochar is similar to charcoal and can be added to soil with the goal of improving its quality. It can help increase nutrient and water retention. However, what happens in soil impacts fungi and plants that live there, and it is not always clear how they will react to biochar
26 January 202225 January 2022 Scientists develop recyclable plastics based on sugars The new materials retained their excellent mechanical properties following pulverisation and thermal processing, which is the usual method for mechanically recycling plastics
24 March 202017 March 2020 Heat and Light Create Never-Before-Seen Biocompatible Microparticles Innovative manufacturing technique can create new types of microparticles for applications such as drug delivery, diagnostics and tissue engineering
26 March 201821 March 2018 Modified Biomaterials Self-Assemble on Temperature Cues Precisely ordered biomaterials could be used for drug delivery, tissue engineering and wound-healing
1 March 20179 September 2021 Nanoparticles of rare metal and light convert carbon dioxide into fuel Newly discovered chemical reaction could use natural sunlight to reduce growing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere and lead to the development of alternative energies
5 December 20162 December 2016 Renmatix turns biowaste into plastic Can the King of Prussia firm help save the planet?
11 October 201610 October 2016 Biobased industry growing, but needs more federal help, report says Study commissioned by the Agriculture Department shows, industry's future growth rate to depend of new government incentives
6 October 20165 October 2016 USDA report shows growing biobased products industry contributes $393 billion and 4.2 million jobs to american economy Economic Impact Analysis of the U.S. Biobased Products Industry
12 September 20169 September 2016 Have biomaterials reached a tipping point? Bioplastics make less than 1 percent of the 181 million metric tons of synthetic plastics produced worldwide each year, according to Duke University
21 July 201517 July 2015 $18 Million Algae Biofuel Blast From US Energy Department The ultimate aim is to bring the cost of algae down to a cost of $3 compared to gasoline by 2030
9 July 20158 July 2015 Bioproducts industry contributes $369 billion to U.S. economy Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the release of a new report that shows the U.S. biobased industry is generating substantial economic activity and American job
25 June 201525 June 2015 USDA says backing push to expand “bio-economy” The productivity and innovation of U.S. agriculture is driving a transformation to bio-based products across the economy that is supporting millions of jobs and significantly displacing fossil fuels, according to a study from the USDA on Wednesday.
23 June 201522 June 2015 The US Bioeconomy: $369B and 4 million jobs strong, says USDA High-Impact report on the bioeconomy, changes to the BioPreferred program and to the Biorefinery Assistance Program; all in a day’s work for Vilsack & Co.
19 June 201518 June 2015 New Report Shows U.S. Biobased Products Industry Contributes $369 Billion, 4 Million Jobs to American Economy 2014 Farm Bill provisions will expand opportunities in the biobased sector by promoting advanced biofuels, renewable chemicals, and biobased product manufacturing efforts
26 March 201425 March 2014 MIT engineers design ‘living materials’ Hybrid materials combine bacterial cells with nonliving elements that can conduct electricity or emit light
22 April 2013 North Carolina A&T State University crowned Champion in $100,000 ACC Clean Energy Challenge Runner-Up Clemson Wins $5,000 in DOE Competition